Onboarding Team Prep

To allow for a productive and efficient onboarding, the following roles and topics will need to be discussed within your team. If you are flying solo, that’s great, too!

Building an Onboarding Team

Customer Team

Platform Lead (required) –the main point of contact during onboarding and throughout the organization’s time with Localist.

Technical Lead – this person will work with the Platform Lead to bring technical expertise and insight specific to the organization’s setup.

Onboarding Teammates – additional team members who will also become well versed in Localist to assist with the onboarding process.

Localist Team

No assembly required!

Onboarding Specialist – yourmain point of contact during onboarding. As a product expert, they will be yourresource for product guidance, best practices and strategies. You can think of your IS as your “calendar coach”!

Localist Support Team – the Support Team provides reactive product guidance and assistance after the customer’s time with their IS has come to a close. You may also hear from Support on behalf of your IS from time to time.

Customer Success Manager – your CSM will be introduced after your Platform Tour and will remain as your permanent Localist contact for the entirety of your contract. When to contact your CSM directly: Billing, contract, change of contact, additional services and platform upgrades.

Appointing a Platform Lead

The Platform Lead will act as a liaison between internal admins/stakeholders and your Localist Onboarding Specialist.

Think you’re the one for the job? We connected with the experts–our customers–on what qualities and team players they believe help make calendar magic happen! We’ve rounded up their advice below to help you appoint your very own Platform Lead.

A passion for technology and events.

A collaborative mindset that is adaptive to new technology and open to different approaches.

Previous onboarding experience with enterprise software, or is able to assemble an onboarding ‘dream team’ and pass the torch when necessary.

Honest with oneself about their abilities, workload, etc. and able to communicate this with your internal team.

Appreciates a consultative approach to support mixed with an occasional cat GIF.

Additionally, the this role will be responsible for the following key tasks:

Setting attainable goals and priorities.

Outlining a timeline and roll out plan.

Communicating updates to all stakeholders, including your Onboarding Specialist.

The Five Pillars of Onboarding

Once you have appointed a Platform Lead, it’s time to bring your team together to review and understand what is expected of them during the onboarding process. The following Five Pillars are our guiding principles that will ensure your team is officially in the onboarding mindset.

1. Know Your Why

Why are you implementing Localist and what is the expected outcome of launching your new platform? Implementing any new software brings along with it a season of transition. Embrace your “why”–live it and breathe it–as you evaluate new processes and solutions to your goals.

2. Trust The Process

Our tried and true onboarding process has stood the test of time. You can trust that your Onboarding Specialist’s recommendations are rooted in industry best practices and what we know has made other organizations just like yours successful.

3. Explore

It’s tempting to push full steam ahead, but take some time to get to know your new Localist platform. Page through our Knowledge Base. Browse our Classroom of recordings (popcorn optional). Build a Widget, create a Channel, test a Bulletin Campaign! Keep in mind that your platform is still under construction and not yet live, so feel free to get your hands dirty and explore all that it has to offer.

4. Communicate

A healthy onboarding thrives on communication. Your Onboarding Specialist is here to provide guidance, so questions are not only expected, but encouraged! Proactively communicating changes in priorities or timelines, will ensure your Onboarding Specialist hits the brakes or revs up their engine with proactive check-ins and pointers at the appropriate cadence. Additionally, CC’ing all involved parties on communications will empower your team to be confident that onboarding is moving along with everyone in step.

5. Focus On The Big Picture

Onboarding is about progress, not perfection. Until your platform has been out in the wild and you receive feedback from your community, you won’t really know what needs to be fine tuned. Looking at the big picture and keeping sight of your “why” will help keep you on track for a timely calendar launch!

Goal Reflection

The last step in preparing your team for onboarding is reflecting on your past experience and what goals you’d like to accomplish with Localist. We highly encourage teams to be on the same page with regards to the following to ensure a smooth transition:

1. On a scale of 1-10, where does Localist fall as a priority?

Are there other projects in your pipeline?

2. What are your short term and long term goals?

What metrics will you be using to measure success?

3. What are your team’s strengths and weaknesses in terms of implementing enterprise software?

What are you most excited about? What are your concerns?

4. What most frustrates you about your current solution? What do you enjoy most about your current solution?

What prompted switching to Localist? What are your priorities for admins vs. your audience?

5. When would you ideally like to roll out your platform to your community?

Will you be rolling out all at once or in phases?

What’s Next?

Schedule Your Platform Tour

Now that you’ve assembled and prepared your team, it’s time to schedule your Platform Tour to officially kick off your onboarding process!